McCarthyism

“If we are to claim and win our rightful place in the sun on an equal basis with men, then we must not insist upon these privileges and prerogatives identified in the past as exclusively feminine.” (SMITH, Margaret Chase | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives) Margaret Chase Smith believed in equal rights between men and women. However she did not want her gender to get her into a higher position. She was a political role model for women all over the world. She was not afraid to…

“Islam only knows the language of hatred against alien races and religions” (Imre Kertesz, 2002). This quote shows how easily hysteria can spread, such as in the wake of 9/11, and how this can lead to persecution. This has happened numerous times throughout history and can be seen in the play The Crucible. The Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller, which tells a fictionalized version of the Salem Witch Trials and how hysteria can be spread through a community but will eventually fail; all of…

Largely perpetuated by McCarthyism, homosexuals were targeted by police force and government agencies throughout the fifties and sixties as they were seen as a threat to national safety and American culture. Despite their persecution, in several large cities an active gay and lesbian…

Crucible in 1953 as he saw a connection between the tactics involving personal attacks on individuals by means of widely publicized indiscriminate allegations especially on the basis of unsubstantiated charges used in the Cold War, also known as McCarthyism, and the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693. Similar to how Joseph McCarthy, a U.S. Senator, was believed when he said that Communists had infiltrated his nation’s government because of his high-ranking position, numerous character’s claims in…

1692 and that of America in the 1950s. The play was written to enable viewers to objectively criticise the onslaught of anti-communist propaganda and manipulation plaguing American society in the 50s. This play was created to reflect the tense McCarthyism era tangent. The chilling performance was produced to help audiences recognise the fear, false accusations and hysteria in their society, exacerbated by the suppression of radical leftism generated by the Red Scare. Since production, the play…

The Crucible Arthur Miller A Document Analysis Introduction: The play is set in the small Massachusetts village of Salem early in the year 1692. A group of people who grew dissatisfied in the Church of England were called Puritans. These puritans have worked moral, religious and societal reforms. They highly believed in the black and white lines of good and evil and they populated Salem. In exceedingly pious Puritan New England, a collection of girls fell indisposed. Extraordinary or…

Reverend Hale and John Proctor Written in the 1950s, Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible delineates the situation of the McCarthyism conflicts in America while the plays’ events itself revolve around the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692. In the play, two major characters are Reverend Hale, an “expert on witches” sent to Salem for investigation, and John Proctor, a man known for his leadership and hard work. Proctor and Hale, other than both being Puritans, are alike in their actions and motives…

conservative time within the U.S. History (). As a result, any individuals or groups of people who exhibited behavior which deviated from the conventional norm was met with much scrutiny and in many cases, severely punished by the government (). McCarthyism was a commonplace mechanism utilized by the Presidential Administration at the time, in which the government would fabricate allegations against an individual, often with little to no credible proof, who they viewed as a threat or risk to…

Arthur Miller’s renowned play, The Crucible, was written at a time of mass hysteria within America, scripting the parallel between the McCarthyism era and the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Throughout his play, the concept of reputation and good name was emphasised significantly through the importance individuals placed on their social standing and reputation in the village. Many characters, including John Proctor and Rebecca Nurse, believed their reputations were of paramount importance as they…

Opportunity is when you gain chances to change something because of something that happens. In war people’s opportunity changes depending on what is happening during the time. Opportunity can change in many different ways and in many different scenarios. The types of opportunity can change throughout different wars like World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. These three different wars all had changes in opportunity and while some are the same there are ones that are different. During…